The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘In the 11th of Elizabeth’ (17 November 1568-16 November 1569), in Rushworth ‘Historical
Collections’ (1680-1722) vol. 2, p. 468.
On Waterloo’s ensanguined plain
Full many a gallant man was slain,
But none, by sabre or by shot,
Fell half so flat as Walter Scott.
On Scott’s ‘Field of Waterloo’ (1815)
A place within the meaning of the Act.
‘Betting Act’
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
Printed notice, in Oscar Wilde ‘Impressions of America’ ‘Leadville’
Please to remember the Fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
We know no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Traditional rhyme from the 17th century, about the Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Power to the people.
Slogan of the Black Panther movement, c. 1968 onwards, in ‘Black Panther’ 14 September 1968
Puella Rigensis ridebat
Quam tigris in tergo vehebat;
Externa profecta,
Interna revecta,
Risusque cum tigre manebat.
There was a young lady of Riga
Who went for a ride on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And a smile on the face of the tiger.
In R. L. Green (ed.) ‘A Century of Humorous Verse’ (1959) p. 285
The [or A] quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Used by keyboarders to ensure that all letters of the alphabet are functioning: see R. Hunter Middleton’s
introduction to ‘The Quick Brown Fox’ (1945) by Richard H. Templeton Jr.
The rabbit has a charming face:
Its private life is a disgrace.
I really dare not name to you
The awful things that rabbits do.
‘The Rabbit’ in ‘The Week-End Book’ (1925) p. 171
Raise the stone, and there thou shalt find me, cleave the wood and there am I.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri, in B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt (eds.) ‘Sayings of Our Lord’ (1897) Logion 5, l. 23
Says Tweed to Till—